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Oct 7, 2026
Breaking down the Oregon gubernatorial race
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6:14Lauren DakeGUEST
Well, certainly her more consistent message has been why Kotek shouldn't get a second term.
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6:32Lauren DakeGUEST
You know, she wants a government accountability office whose goal is to identify waste and inefficiencies.
Thursday Evening Headlines
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8:17Lauren DakeGUEST
We spoke to several former chemical safety board members and engineers, professors, and the commonality that really emerged was that they think what caused this was likely a complex mix of factors that really contributed to this tragedy.
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8:35Lauren DakeGUEST
So several people said it could have been an issue with the vents, um, maybe that combined with some issues with the actual tank itself, corrosion or cracks.
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8:46Lauren DakeGUEST
And then on top of it all, you know, you are dealing with this very dangerous toxic chemical, and then when you take any failure or perhaps several failures happening in concert, well, then we see that it can be quite deadly.
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9:10Lauren DakeGUEST
Well, one person we spoke with, his name is Steven Kemotek, and he is a professor of chemical engineering at Worchester Polytechnic Institute, and he said the photos, the drone footage, do seem to suggest that the tank collapsed inward, and that to him seemed to suggest a dramatic change in pressure.
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9:32Lauren DakeGUEST
He said maybe there was a relief valve on top of this massive tank that could have unplugged and then caused it to collapse.
